Trip 325 of 5250 collection book46
The second was raised in Ireland in Parsonstown Park and belongs to Lord Rosse. In the presentbook75 case dealing with a projectile nine feetbook25 in diameter and fifteen feet long it became necessary to bring the moon within an apparent distance of five miles at most and for that purpose to establish a magnifying power of times. Barbicane was in a perpetual state of alarm. A somewhat difficult task seeing that more than persons were gathered round the enclosure. Herschel was thirtysix feet in length and had an objectglass of four feet six inches it possessed a magnifying power of .... read all
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